Melanie Griffith — I’m the Angelina Jolie of Dogs

It was Melanie Griffith to the rescue in L.A. … when the actress and her husband rolled into an animal rescue center a few weeks ago and adopted 2 puppies that had been abandoned and abused … our sources has learned.

Sources tell us … Melanie and Antonio Banderas stopped by the Ace of Hearts organization roughly 3 weeks ago, after two of their dogs passed away … and wanted to bring a couple of new puppies into their homes.

We”re told Mel and Antonio had worked with Ace of Hearts in the past … and are strong supporters of adopting rescues.

According to our sources, Melanie and Antonio fell in love with 2 shepherd lab mixes — who happened to be brother and sister … and immediately took them into their family.